Famous New York killer recaptured after prison escape
Winston Moseley, who killed Catherine Genovese in 1964, surrendered Thursday after a 58 minute armed standoff with FBI agents in a Grand Island apartment. He had escaped from Meyer Memorial Hospital and held a hostage, then warned to return with a car within 29 minutes before surrendering.
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Moseley
Grand Island
Buffalo
Niagara River
E. James Farmes
Amy
Frank G. Costanzo
Welch
FBI
Meyer Memorial Hospital
Nixon Speculates Rockefeller Draft
News that Nelson Rockefeller will not seek the Republican nomination fuels talk of a possible draft movement. Nixon sees a draft as possible at the convention if favorite sons stall, while Reagan and Laxalt weigh the question of momentum and party unity. Rockefeller says he remains available but will not encourage a draft and cites his four reasons for stepping aside.
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Relman Morin
NEW York
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
GOP
Republican Party
Richard Nixon
Israeli Invasion of Jordan River Front Raises UN Debate
Israel said its 15 hour crossing destroyed four guerrilla bases and killed about 150 fighters with 30 dead. Jordan claimed 200 attackers killed and 20 Jordanians dead. U.N. Security Council discussions followed as Arabs urged condemnation and U.S. cautioned against escalation. Jordan said up to 15,000 Israeli troops crossed the river and reported losses on both sides.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
U.N. Security Council
U.N
New York
Israel
al Ahram
Middle East
United States
Jordan
State Department
Haim Bar-Lev
el Fatah
Bar-Lev
West Bank
Amman
Karameh
Dahal
Feifa
Safi
Weekend Warmth Trend Noted In Morris Area Forecast
Collins Weather Station reports a Thursday high of 37 and low of 24 with .10 inches precipitation. At 9 am it was 29 and 11 am 30 in downtown Morris. Temperatures expected near normal highs 45 to 52 and lows 26 to 33 Saturday through Wednesday with a warming trend weekend.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
School board approves final salary schedule for Morris teachers
The Morris board of education voted unanimously 7-0 Wednesday night to adopt the final salary schedule for elementary teachers. A prior Thursday report misstated a 6-1 vote. No overall percentage increase was available from the educational fund board.
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Morris
Board of Education
Herald
Educational Fund Board
Sheridan Boy Struck by Car Dies Thursday
A 3-year-old Sheridan boy died Thursday at Ryburn Hospital Ottawa from skull fractures suffered Monday on Illinois 71 when he ran in front of a car. Perry Ron Richmond born February 16, 1965, was the son of Ronald and Carol Richmond. He leaves parents, one brother Scottie Ron Richmond, grandparents, great grandfather Dean Richmond, plus three aunts and one uncle. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in rural Marseilles, with burial in Norway Cemetery. Visitation Saturday at Larson-Gabel Funeral Home Newark.
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Newark
Sheridan
Ryburn
Ottawa
Norway
Illinois
Perry Ron Richmond
Ronald
Carol) Richmond
Scottie Ron Richmond
Smith
Cicero Richmond
Dean Richmond
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Marseilles
William Pike
Norway Cemetery
Larson-Gabel Funeral Home
Mennonites Prepare for Quilt Sale in Morgantown
Mennonite women of southeastern Pennsylvania have spent the winter quilting for the Tri-County Relief Sale in Morgantown on April 20. About 200 hand made quilts are expected to fetch around 13 000 dollars to support relief work.
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Mount Pleasant
Pennsylvania
Morgantown
Margaret Rohrer Banks
Morris Daily Herald to Run Special Events Calendar
The Morris Daily Herald will begin a weekly Special Events Calendar listing community club or group fund raising projects starting April 5. Each Friday through the following Thursday a brief time and place entry will run with admission status noted. Written items due by 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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Morris Daily Herald
Herald
Novotny Resigns as Czechoslovakia Reforms Begin
President Antonin Novotny resigned after the Czechoslovak Communist Party elected new anti Stalinist leaders and Moscow signaled non interference with liberalization. Novotny, 63, long a hard line Stalinist, quit following Dubcek's rise and Brheznev's Prague visit.
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Prague
Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Kremlin
Novotny
National Assembly
Oldrich Cernik
Moscow
Alexander Dubcek
CTK
Slovak Communist Party
Keith Crowe Files For School Board
R Keith Crowe of Rte 1 filed a petition for election to a three year term on the Morris elementary board of education. No other petitions were filed for Morris high or grade school boards. Filing deadline is 4 p.m. Saturday.
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R. Keith Crowe
Rte. 1
Morris Elementary Board of Education
Morris High
Boards of Education
Saratoga Township Eyes Levy Renewal for Road and Bridge Fund
Voters in Saratoga Township will decide on continuing a 0.165 percent levy for the road and bridge fund at a special election from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 2 at the Saratoga Town Hall. The same day at 2 p.m. the township holds its annual town meeting at the town hall.
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Saratoga Township
Saratoga Town Hall
Budget Hearing for Morris Township Proposed Budget
A public hearing on Morris Township proposed budget and appropriation ordinance is set for 7 p.m. Thursday in the town clerk’s office. Final adoption will occur at the town meeting at 2 p.m. April 4.
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Morris Township
Jury Hears Evidence in Hertz Damage Suit
A Grundy County jury hears evidence in a $1 825 damage suit filed by The Hertz Corporation against the Keech Transfer Co of Morris alleging their car was damaged in a May 13 1966 crash on Interstate 80 near Aux Sable Creek. The accident involved Mrs Mary Fletcher of Chicago driving for Keech.
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Grundy County
Hertz Corporation
Renta-Car Service
Keech Transfer Co
Morris
Interstate 80
Aux Sable Creek
Mary Fletcher
Chicago
Howard E. Olson
Park Blvd
Keech
Maynard E. Minteer
Moline
George P. Linder
Aurora
Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy and Hupp
Carol F. Fisk
Thomas L. Johnson
Garfield Township
Ruth B. Gorham
Alice M. Walsh
Vivian J. Sandeno
Vienna
Fern Trucano
Ernest Suttle
Gilford Peterson
Charles R. Greenbeck
Aux Sable
Janet Gantzert
Goodfarm
Grace Ardisone
Braceville
Anna Bohlander
Goose Lake
Morris City Police Investigate Two Vandalism Reports
Police are probing two vandalism incidents reported Thursday in Morris City. Anthony Cheshareck Jr. said three youths broke a thermo pane window at his Johnson Street home and fled toward Lisbon Street. Mrs. Robert Norman reported an aerial torn from her 1968 Pontiac parked at Echo Bowling Lanes on Bedford Road.
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Morris City
Anthony Cheshareck Jr
Johnson St
Cheshareck
Lisbon St
Robert Norman
Union St
Echo Bowling Lanes
Bedford Road
37mm guns threaten Khe Sanh as siege intensifies
U S fighter bombers hit 165 North Vietnamese trucks and 37mm anti aircraft guns debuts around Khe Sanh raise new threat to the besieged base. Ground fighting accelerates with 330 enemy killed and 165 trucks damaged in two days as Air Force and Navy strikes hit targets from Mu Gia Pass to near Vinh.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Mu Gia Pass
Navy
Vinh
Air Force
China
Phone Installers Consider Strike At Bell System
Leaders of the Communications Workers Union plan a one day meeting to decide if members should strike 23000 Western Electric telephone installers and 23000 more in Ohio and Illinois. The CWU rejected Western Electric's 15 to 25 cent hourly wage offer over 18 months. Average wage for installers is 3.28 dollars per hour.
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Washington
Communications Workers Union
Bell Telephone System
Western Electric Co
CWU
Bell System
Ohio
Illinois
Western Electric
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Catherine ‘‘Kitty” Genovese
George Romney
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Louis Lefkowitz
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